NUCLEAR POWER PLANT LIFE MANAGEMENT & EXTENSION 2016

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2 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT LIFE MANAGEMENT & EXTENSION The Conference: ACI s Nuclear Power Plant Life Management & Extension will address the key issues faced by the industry associated with NPP s life management and extension: LTO and age management programs and techniques, implementation of environmental standards, I & C systems and avoidance strategies for force shutdown. Join us on in to hear also about R & D in component behaviour and integrity, best practices of applying safety principles and concepts in preparation for licence extension and discuss the challenges industry is facing keeping maintenance and operational cost down. Topics for Discussion: Contribution of nuclear energy to EU energy mix Evaluation of nuclear power plant management and life extension Who Will Attend? Head of Operations Technical Directors Aging Management/Aging Specialists Plant Life Extension Managers/Specialists Plant Life Management Managers/Specialists Technical Engineers Asset Managers Associations Representatives Regulatory and Policy Officers Solution Providers Consultants Commercial & Sponsorship Opportunities Environmental & safety standards Public concerns for ageing nuclear power plants Risk assessment for aging nuclear power plants Ongoing challenges of NPPs maintenance Financial & economic framework Workforce development in nuclear industry Challenges of licence extension Nuclear power plant Long-Term Operations Public Concerns for aging nuclear power plants Call For Papers If you would like to be considered as a speaker at the event for a minute presentation, please submit an abstract for consideration to: With leading companies and organisations from the Nuclear Energy Industry attending and speaking at our event, we have the perfect vehicle to provide outstanding exposure to a senior level audience. There are various sponsorship packages available, including sponsorship of a cocktail reception on the first evening of the event and sponsorship of a networking lunch. For further details, please contact: Ray Mangon: raym@acieu.net Stergios Zacharakis: szacharakis@acieu.net Registration is Simple: If you would like to be to register for this event or wish to find out more information, please contact Mado Lampropoulou mlampropoulou@acieu.net

3 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT LIFE MANAGEMENT & EXTENSION DAY 1 Wednesday 16th 08:00 09:00 09:15 09:45 Q&A 10:00 10:30 Q&A 10:45 11:15 REGISTRATION & COFFEE CHAIRMAN'S OPENING REMARKS Otso Cronvall Research Scientist VTT CONFERENCE PRESENTATION Status and Trends of Nuclear Power in the World Global overview of power plant data on operation, capacity, production, age, etc. Nuclear new-build - Construction starts and building times China and the rest of the world? Nuclear power versus its new competitors KEYNOTE ADDRESS LTO under the Perspective of the Euratom Nuclear Safety Regime Recent evolution and essential reinforcement in the safety requirements to operate plants beyond 40 years Post Fukushima updates in terms of safety and stress tests Implementation of new safety technologies to overcome delays in getting extension licence Analysing the environmental impact on licence extension MORNING REFRESHMENTS Mycle Schneider Independent Analysis on Energy and Nuclear Policy Mycle Schneider Consulting Michael Kuske Acting Head of Unit ENER D.3 Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety European Commission DG ENER PANEL DISCUSSION What Can Operators Do to Efficiently Advance in Longer than Expected NPP Lifetime? Representatives from a leading utilities/operators discuss plant life extension and efficiently planned plant refurbishment based on consistent investment works with the audience. Main topics will include: Obsolescence management and supplying the original equipment designed before the current data. Benchmarking and s electing bes t methods and practices to fulfil s afety, technical tests, measurements, assessments and evaluations of ris ks Set up regime for LTO from the beginning: a les s on for utilities new into nuclear Stakeholders management under energy price volatility for energy companies/utilities Mark Droesbeke Head of Corporate Nuclear Department Eng.Programs & Reliability ENGIE-Electrabel 11:45 Q&A and Panel Discussion 12:15 12:45 Q&A 13:00 14:10 Helen Rycraft Senior Safety Officer International Atomic Energy Agency Otso Cronvall Research Scientist VTT CONFERENCE PRESENTATION Managing Obsolescence Risk in Long Life Systems to Extend Operational Life What is obsolescence risk and its effect in the Nuclear Indus try? How to analyse and understand obsolescence risk using processes and tools? How to mitigate and reduce obsolescence risk? Show a Return on Investment for implementing proactive Obsolescence Management on a Nuclear Power Plant NETWORKING LUNCH Stuart Kelly MD, Through Life Support Ltd & President, International Institute Of Obsolescence Management CONFERENCE SESSION Long Term Operation and Repair/Replacement Strategy The importance of safe and economic operation of exis ting plants Risk Assessment for aging nuclear components and s tructures

4 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT LIFE MANAGEMENT & EXTENSION Ongoing challenges of plant maintenance Application to key systems upgrading, including I&C 15:40 Panel Q&A 16:00 16:30 CONFERENCE SESSION Equipment Reliability: How to Keep the Plant Operating Damage of machinery vs safety of operation Reactor Pressure Vessel, fuel channels and steel constructions: Facing deforming, fatigue and eros ion due to radiation Containment concrete degradation, component degradation and ageing management challenged 16:30 Presentation title to be confirmed 17:00 Jerome Lonchampt Research Engineer EDF Sam Harvey Principal Technical Leader, Plant Technology Electric Power Research Institute Thomas Esselman Principal LPI AFTERNOON REFRESHMENTS Mark Droesbeke Head of Corporate Nuclear Department Eng.Programs & Reliability ENGIE-Electrabel LTAIP; A field proven Effective and Efficient Long Term Asset Investment Process Long term replacement forecasting by condition clas s ification A one size fits all condition based prediction model Implementation of lines of sight and prediction in alignment with ISO and Aligning Strategic top-down with maintenance bottom-up requirements. Geert Henk Wijnants Principal Consultant Stork Asset Management Consultancy DAY 2 Thursday 17th 08:30 09:00 09:10 09:40 Q&A 09:55 09:55 REGISTRATION & COFFEE CHAIRMAN'S OPENING REMARKS Gareth Davies UK Nuclear Expert CONFERENCE PRESENTATION Workforce Development in Nuclear Industry Do the recent nuclear plant closures bringing overall staffing levels down? People experience transition to new generation of workers Investing in the right skills and best training practices Claudine Robson Partner CTL Consult CONFERENCE SESSION Case Studies: Challenge to Be Faced During Life Extension License Application Process Case Study: Leveraging Supply Chain Assets and Relationships to Support Long Term Operations (LTO) and Plant Life Extension (PLEX) Overview of Nuclear Power PLEX, LTO and EPU in the U.S. Overview of Timken Power Systems (TPS) and Associated Nuclear Related Companies - Schulz Electric and Philadelphia Gear Leverage of TPS Supply Chain Assets of Schulz Electric and Philadelphia Gear to Supply Safety Related Gearbox for NPP Cooling Towers Aligning NPPs and Suppliers to Support LTO and PLEX James M. Dean President AES Nuclear, Inc. 17:30 Panel Q&A 17:45 CLOSE OF DAY ONE In-Depth & Informative Formal Presentations

5 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT LIFE MANAGEMENT & EXTENSION 10:25 Demonstration of fatigue for LTO license of NPP Borssele LTO fatigue programme of NPP Borssele in the Netherlands Demons tration of fatigue TLAAs Fatigue management during LTO, coupling load monitoring, trans ient counting and fatigue assessment Marieke Hannink Senior Fatigue Expert NRG 14:00 CONFERENCE SESSION Collaborative R&D to Support LTO Innovation in NDT techniques Innovations needed for LTO and software developments Opportunities for NPP innovation facing obsolescence of equipment New reactors technology des ign advantages Technologies for use in high-radiation areas 14:00 Presentation title to be confirmed 10:55 Panel Q&A 11:10 11:40 11:40 MORNING REFRESHMENTS CONFERENCE SESSION Addressing the Licence Extension from the Regulatory Perspective Nuclear energy as the entire energy sector is heavily dependent on political decision making. An interactive debate on regulatory strategies for a secure PL extension; panellists will consider current policies on safety and suggest which authority will rule the extension standards. We will also consider the experiences in licensing of service life extension of NPPs in an interactive debate between regulators, cons ultants and operators. Regulatory Approach to LTO in the Slovak Republic LTO Legal Requirements in Slovakia LTO Licensing Steps Current Status of V-2 Bohunice NPP Marta Ziakova Chairperson Nuclear Regulatory Authority of the Slovak Republic 14:20 Presentation title to be confirmed 14:40 Presentation title to be confirmed 15:00 Retrofited Emergency Power System 15:20 Panel Q&A 15:50 16:00 Peter Haehner Head of the Unit Nuclear Safety & Security EC JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE Regis Nhili MAI Director EDF - R&D Materials Ageing Institute (MAI) John Brear Director John Brear Plant Inegrity Gerard Van Zeijl General Manager Santon Circuit Breaker Services CHAIRMAN'S CLOSING REMARKS END OF THE CONFERENCE & AFTERNOON REFRESHMENTS 12:00 Presentation title to be confirmed Matthieu Schuler Director of Strategy, Development and Partnerships IRSN 12:20 Q&A and Panel Discussion 12:50 NETWORKING LUNCH Knowledge Sharing During Informal Panel Discussions

6 NUCLEAR POWER PLANT LIFE MANAGEMENT & EXTENSION Registration Is Simple If you would like to register for this event or wish to find out more information, please contact Mado Lampropoulou using any of the following methods: +44 (0) Postal Address: ACI Europe, 5/13 Great Suffolk Street, London, SE1 0NS Registration Is Simple Conference (Includes Documentation Packet) Nov ember 1, (ex. VAT) Documentation Packet Only Please Note. Members and customers of all supporting organizations are entitled to a discount off their conference package. For more information please call Claire on +44 (0) Documentation Packet Available We are selling the Nuclear Power Plant Life Management & Extension papers at just 395 (+ 25 P&P). Simply tick the box on the booking form, send it with payment and your copy will be on its way to you after the meeting. This important manual will be a source of invaluable reference for the future. About ACI Terms & Conditions Payment Payment must be received within five business days of returning the signed contract. After receiving payment a VAT receipt will be issued. If you do not receive a letter outlining details two weeks prior to the event, please contact the Conference Coordinator at ACI Europe Ltd. Discounts are available for multiple/group bookings. Please call +44 (0) for more information. Cancellations Substitutions are welcome up to 24 hours prior to the event. Cancellations must be received in writing no less than 3 weeks prior to the start of the conference; a full credit voucher towards a future ACI conference will be issued. Any cancellation received less than 3 weeks prior to the start of the event shall be deemed to be a breach of this contract by client, and accordingly, no credits will be given. Cancellations must be received in writing by mail or fax three weeks before the conference. Thereafter the full conference fee is payable. If for any reason ACI Europe Ltd decides to amend, cancel or postpone this conference, the conference fee will not be refunded. Furthermore, ACI Europe Ltd will not be responsible for covering airfare, hotel or other costs incurred by registrants. In the event that ACI Europe Ltd cancel or postpone the event, ACI Europe Ltd reserves the right to transfer this booking to another conference to be held in the following twelve months, or to provide a credit of an equivalent amount to another conference within the following twelve months. The construction, validity and performance of this agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of England to the exclusive jurisdiction of whose courts the Parties hereby agree to submit. Accommodation The cost of accommodation is not included in the event fee. Preferential rates will be arranged with or near the event venue, and all confirmed delegates will be given details of how to book accommodation at this rate in due course. ACI, a UK owned company, have been running successful conferences for the last 15 years in the USA. Headquartered in Chicago with offices all around the States, they run forums in varied fields and are market leaders in healthcare business conferences. Opening their European head offic e at the end of 2005, they have expanded rapidly and are launching a series of events covering the maritime, energy, oil and gas industries. With Thanks to Our Supporting Partners Special Registration Discount Members and customers of all supporting organizations are entitled to a discount off their conference package.